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AICP Exam & Preparation

November 2025 AICP Certification Cycle Dates

Registration Dates

  • Opens: Oct. 1
  • Closes: Oct. 29
  • Transfer deadline: Nov. 24

Exam Dates

  • Window: No. 3-30

Experience Application Dates

  • Window: Dec. 1 - 31

Spring 2025 AICP Study Group

If you’re planning to take the AICP Exam during the Fall 2025 Testing Window or a future exam window, the fall session of the APA Florida Treasure Coast Section AICP Study Class will begin on Thursday, August 7 and run through Saturday, November 1. The class is FREE and provided LIVE via Go-To-Webinar with sessions recorded. It includes a combination of Thursday evening sessions (6 – 9 pm ET) featuring specific topics and Saturday morning sessions (9 am – noon ET) featuring practice questions.

If you are not already on the email list for the study class and want to be added, please email fill out this form to be added to the email list. Additional information about the classes and available study resources will be provided prior to and during the class. Session recordings and other study materials, including practice exams, are available to APA Members from a One Drive site run by APA Florida.

For additional detailed information about the AICP credential, the new One Path to AICP process, including the deadlines and requirements for the application and testing processes, and the other study resources available from the American Planning Association, click on planning.org/aicp.

AICP Exam Study Webinar Archive

Watch past exam webinars here.

New AICP Exam Application Process

APA is implementing a new application process for the exam. This affects all test takers (i.e. “One Path to AICP”); the Candidate application process has been phased out. All planners taking the exam will now submit their education and work experience after taking the exam, and no longer are there three required essays as part of the application process. The exam costs reflect these changes, and taking the exam now costs less for those planners that end up taking the exam multiple times.

Treasure Coast AICP One Drive Site & AICP Exam Study Links

Susan Coughanour, FAICP, and Henry Bittaker, AICP, run AICP STUDY GROUP sessions for the Treasure Coast Section. These sessions are webcast live using GoToWebinar and the webcasts and other extensive study materials are made available on a One Drive site. Please contact Henry Bittaker for access. Click here to download the pdf.